>Give two programmers the same "idea", and you'll end up with two different products
Do you or the parent have a citation?
I used to work in patents, the number of independent recurrences of the same idea in a particular field is often pretty high. All truck drivers appear to think of digital number plates for example.
Exact details may differ but I'd expect the majority of programmers to come up with a lot of crossover if implementing a well-defined idea.
It depends on what you mean by idea of course - is it "we'll make a game" or is it "we'll introduce digital scoring to board games" or "we'll allow bartering in our MMORPG".
>Give two programmers the same "idea", and you'll end up with two different products
Do you or the parent have a citation?
I used to work in patents, the number of independent recurrences of the same idea in a particular field is often pretty high. All truck drivers appear to think of digital number plates for example.
Exact details may differ but I'd expect the majority of programmers to come up with a lot of crossover if implementing a well-defined idea.
It depends on what you mean by idea of course - is it "we'll make a game" or is it "we'll introduce digital scoring to board games" or "we'll allow bartering in our MMORPG".